History of Singapore explained in 5 minutes
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Correction at 1:45 the Johor Sultanate was based in the far South of the Malay peninsula and not Sumatra. Thank you for those that pointed this out :)
I misread one of the reference maps ;( Contemporary Aceh Sultanate is shown in highlighted area
NOTE 1
Some people think it was actually a Malay Tiger that the prince saw while hunting...because he was unfamiliar with both he was told it was a lion.
Or maybe an extinct type of lion (like middle eastern lion) that has not been around for a long time.
....or he just made it up...and thought lion city sounds cool
Thank you! It was funny watching you call it the Johor sultanate and have the entire current state of Johor completely excluded 😂
The Sultanate of Johor was founded and governed from the Riau Islands (even further south of Singapore) after the initial collapse of Malacca, only returning to the peninsula after the Dutch arrived to counterbalance Portuguese influence. Aceh was one of their major rivals in this period. Also worthwhile mentioning that the earlier generations of Chinese immigrants predated Raffles, settling in both Old Temasek and especially Malacca (following Zheng He's tribute missions and the marriage of a Chinese princess to the Malacca Sultan).
Epimetheus I
Epimetheus - this is not an accurate history information. You need to do more in depth research about this. Please research about Tamagi the Thai minister that was in Temasik when it was attacked by Parameswara.
this is what you get from a westerner, its always wrong info although some of it are right
Nice, I'm Singaporean and its rare to see my country being talked about. And we don't learn much of the ancient history of Singapore. I didn't know Singapore was once burned to the ground XD
or burned twiced!
singapore is my fav country, i like the smaller countrys (I like rooting for the little guys, also when i was young a person from singapore decided to vacation in my small state, we were friends within the first day, she had to go back home after that week and i lost contact but it was fun)
Im singaporean too
Same
@@radyi.4334 Because of WW2 right?
A Singaporean here! Appreciate this! Everything before Stamford Raffles wasn't really taught to us in history class. Thank you!
Agree with u Chris..
Well. Surprised that our little island would get some attention. Never said this enough but apart from this video, you did a great job for all of your work. As a fellow history buff, I very much appreciate the effort.
Well, a tributary state ain't exactly China's land. Just as Huns extorting Eastern Roman Empire, doesn't mean that they were subjects to the Huns, or how Alaric deciding whose the Emperor of Rome meant it's Visigothic lands. But I guess that depends on how one defines sovereignty over these lands. Is it based on allegiance, influence, or the level of autonomy?
Twee Boon little but rich as island
love from Brunei.
Just sayin but thrre is a famous youtuber from Singapore...his name is JianHao Tan...he is the most famous person in singapore
@@jellyyz6335 nope, that belongs to JJ lin
Great I was searching for Singapore history thank you for this video
@@DarkwearGT ur existence is fake info.
Epimetheus thanks for making a great video of my home country, Singapore. Love your videos keep up the good work! :)
Singapore is awesome!
I come here to learn, not to see Malaysia-Indonesia-Singaporean fighting over stupid issues that is happening nowadays. We came from one large Nusantara Family and Our history should be a common pride regardless of our nationality. Peace and Love
Febry A. What the heck😂😂😂😂😂
n. syazwan yes bro 😂😂
Ohhh boy, thats the problem, isn't Mr Amir?
Febry A. Not surprised, stupid people is everywhere.
Yup nusantara is for area indonesia-malaysia-singapore- brunei and davao philipinas.
But Nusantara is from javanese language
Somehow as a Malay looking back at historical events... I feel like our sultan sold us.
He didn't have much choice. The current Sultan of Johor was a descendant of the Temenggung in Johor. His ancestor caused a conflict with the actual Johor sultan and go as far as gaining reputation amongst europeans without the sultan's permission. That way, he was able to take Johor from the Sultan by making the British buy SIngapore from him or perish.
Indeed. Quite ironic that people from countries that are known to coloniset he world (AND PROUD OF IT) is complaining about immigrants who came to their country peacefully for work.
danil lol
Md IrfanShah Bin Somsol back then, sultans had limited power (Islamic religion & Malay customary) the rest under Residency/Governor system. And yet there is a threat of the throne.
That was the transfer of executive power from feudalism to British indirect rule and to the constitutional monarchy.
In contrast; Singapore is republic, so royal matter is a obsolete. But people still keep telling about Sang Nila Utama, the story of Hang Nadim(Singapore under attack of the swordfish).
Sultan of Singapore? Vanish
Haha...sekarang baru tahu kah?
1:07 The last raja of Singapura is named Parameswara who became the founder of Sultanate Malacca,he later changed his name to Megat Iskandar Shah when he converted to Islam.
His old name derived from Sanskrit word,"Parameśvara" which means "Glorious ruler"
I honestly don't know how you work so fast, on so many topics, with so many art-pieces.
beautiful maps
I always fulljoy and love the historical content that you bring to us viewers and don't ever stop blessed love for your contribution
Thanks firet time I have listened to you.
Well presented, good information, will try another
I love when you do history of small places
I agree
Hey Congrats Nearly 24k Subscribers... ☮️💓🤘😘
Thank you :D
Thx a lot i apreaciate your work god bless you and your beloved!!!
1:38 knock knock.. it's the Europeans.
Better than Islam
HAHAHHAHA
blackice214 and why is that ?
Sam H but Europeans did all those tho. Native Indians? Lol fucking dumbass
Fuck the European man.....
Great video man, very interesting!
Hello to all Singaporeans, your country is beautiful :)
Your work is really good. You need more views.
Btw make one about Persia. It would be awsome!
Singapore was so small country, but, this country was one of the leading countries to entire world. How good.
Great video again
Love Singapore , From India !!!
We Indians consider Singapore as a Role model today for Ideal Town planning and Economic reforms. Lee Kuan Yew can be hailed as one of the Greatest Geniuses of Modern times !!!
Modi is not bad too! =)
Little Donkey he is, just as stupid as every other PM in our history. Singapore is just half of bangalore and look where they’re now. Be self critical and stop giving credits to guy who has done little.
You know what would help India tremendously? Singapore is a secular nation, religion is not a big deal. India needs to "pull back" a bit on Hinduism if India is going to join the modern world. This is what I would recommend: 1. Teach sciences in schools. 2. Separate Temple from State. 3. Tear down unauthorized shrines. 4. Get the animals OFF the streets and into zoos or sanctuary's. 5. Fence off the Ganges river so it can flush itself out and become a clean river again. 6. Get the "holy frauds" off the streets and into useful labor and TAX them at a rate of 99% if they do want to carry on public shows.
@@preciousjose Done little? If it werent for LKY we wont have the singapore we are living in.
@@duckeatsbread5644 it took a f
Reread but I bevel he was referring to PM modi.
I think, Singapore was never de-populated. Regardless war or attack, there were people trading on this island. Nice video.
Awesome video, thank you so much. your voice sounds familiar, do you make videos based around star wars aswell?
Loads of appreciation for making such a wonderful video.
A humble request. Try to sound a little mild and lucid in Audio.
All the best 😊👌👍
Woah, a history about my country! Hope people learnt from it, and realize we're not part of China! 😂
But I'm interested in the "dark ages" of Singapore, between the 15th to 19th century. Difficult to find anything about this time period.
it's probably just a random small island like most of indonesia's islands, hidden into obscurity for centuries. Pretty much that's that.
Singapore was reestablished under the Malaccan Sultanate. After the Portuguese took over, Johor prospered due to the former backup port of Singapura. The only time it was in its dark age stage was in the 13th century and 17-18th century.
Check out this short seminar by Prof Peter Borschberg from NUS:
th-cam.com/video/PuumProf5UU/w-d-xo.html
The gist is that Singapore was still an important port during that time, not a backwater as previously thought. :)
Here's a page about Prof Borschberg and his research:
www.fas.nus.edu.sg/srn/?meet-the-researcher=associate-professor-peter-borschberg
+Fiz Zif you incompetent fool he's japanese. at least get it right when you throw insult
哼哈二將 What's the difference
Please do more history of videos!
This channel is gold
Terrific, thank you.
Correction..
Portugese just conqured the city of Melaka, not the whole empire..
thats why after the invasion & after Sultan of Melaka retreat, they even form 3 others state Sultanate in Peninsular (Johor, Perak & Selangor).
& u still wonder why Portugese cannot expand their power outside Melaka..
bcoz they greatly surrounded by Malay Sultanate States.
You didn’t mention the native orang laut Seletar of Pulau Temasek, Singapura. the Aboriginal community of Pulau Temasek / Singapura. The original orang laut melayu who has been there for centuries. Now most residing in the northern part, Sembawang & Nee Soon and alot in Johore.
They still form 15% of the country
Currently in Singapore now and I enjoy the summary, it’s a fascinating part of the world!
Excellent video, very instructive
I have my history WA and they want us to memorize all this. THANK YOU
Thanks for making this video! A little short but it’s cool :) while it may seem like the stars aligned for us to be what we are now, what worked for us may not work for you. Especially if you’re from a bigger country because big countries have bigger and more complex issues to resolve. However, we try to do what we can in whatever like little way we can whenever our friends ask of us. All the best and God bless
Great work
This is a great presentation
Malay newcomers? Mate, they have been living there for centuries. A quick look into modern Malay genetics will reveal that they are descendants of Deutero-Malay and Proto-Malay people, the latter settling in coastal areas of the Malay Peninsula around 2500 years ago. Closer to 0 AD, there was a rise in Indianized kingdoms in maritime Southeast Asia but that doesn't mean there weren't people living there prior. The people living there had always spoken either Austroasiatic (Aslian) or Austronesian (Malay, Javanese, Buginese, Dayak, Iban etc) languages. Singapore has always been a part of the whole archipelago (it's old name was Pulau Ujong which means 'island at the end' in Malay) and migration has always happened between Austronesian groups (known for their seafaring prowess) in the region from the time they first settled up till colonial era, where colonial powers start enforcing borders that would define the division between countries in the region today.
magnificent
yay a video of Singapore 🎉
Fascinating. Very good video.
They didn't teach us in schools that who were the immigrants and who were the indigenous of Singapore and the history of Singapore beyond Sir Stamford Raffles besides Sang Nila Utama. I mean, there are already people living here before he came. RESEARCH: Sundaland.
Lol, bcs the majority of singapore people now is chinese, so they didnt include it. They worries if someday native singaporean rebel to majority chinese loool. So goodluck to Singapore future
racist conspiritards in the comments...ohhh boi
But they do teach it. I’ve learnt about the Singapore as Temasek and about Parameswara and Singapore’s history as part of an empire and how it was like as a trading hub even before raffles came. Don’t we learn that in History in school?
@@linatwoones it's part of the new syllabus so most people don't learn about it. The whole genealogy of kings stories that included sang nila utama as part of the srivajayan empire is mostly myth to legitimise the rule of the malaccan and jorhorian sultanates tho. Its abit of a stretch that sang nila utama is a descendent of Alexander the great
Dammit Epimetheus! How did you know I'd like a video on my own country!
WhiteHorizon 22 halo
Elias Frahat sup
WhiteHorizon 22 you are the first Singaporean I spoke to and you sound nice :)
Elias Frahat Thank you! Though it is kinda depressing that the comment section tend to be such a cesspool that a simple "hi" is considered nice :p Let's all try and change that!
WhiteHorizon 22 fine greeting Mr Singaporean your smile is beautiful and sound kind and nice and beautiful in character can we become friends if you don't mind me as a friend
Very insightful video
Hi there, for the infos stated in the video, where could I get the references list?
You sir are a gentleman and a scholar
ammx acs student?
Can you go over the Asante and colonial Ghana?
Hi, can you make a vid on the Victorian era please. Thanks, your vidoes are great!
My cousin lives here - been wanting to meet up with him at some point and go to that hotel with the Worlds largest infinity pool.
Epimetheus can you do Vietnam?
In Malaysia, we’re taught SG got independence when they joined Malaysia, & their kingdom was never mentioned
Yohan Guy Really? Despite Malacca's ties to Singapore?
After leaving melee-sia (just a joke)
Well is sorta true they got independence from UK but without full autonomy...so after they left Malaysia then was full autonomy independence...but it depends how you look at it, both are sorta correct
Singapore didn't get its independence in 1959. They were an autonomous state similar to how the British overseas territories work. The British still controll the island. Why do you think LKY was desperate to join Malaya back then?
The sultanete was mostly consists of Riau. Singapore was just one of their territories before being absorbed into the British empire.
👍🏿, Brief and Precise.
thank you!!
History teachers are boring when you can learn history just from the Internet XD
Straight fax
Why waste 1 hour in history class when you can learn all about a country in under 6 minutes.
Thanks for pronouncing Lee Kuan Yew's name correctly. It shows that you had really put in the effort to research instead of just lifting information from other websites :)
Great well told
Very good video, sir.
hi singapore, from malaysia
Singapore is the living example of how to build a prosperous country, its not impossible as our politicians say.
Singapore is a country with socialist governing methods. As much as a success Singapore is, I'm not sure the western world would be keen on adopting their policies.
"socialist governing methods" funded by very capitalistic economic model that allows for enough revenue for entitlement programs (that are much more responsibly run than any in the UK Canada or States)
danil not fair at all, Singapore had no natural resources, was totally empoverished, had an uneducated population, was full of corrupted people and was and is easy to invade as could barely defend its sovereignty, with all that it ended up being one the best countries.
El Salvador, Haiti, The caribbean islands, the pacific islands the Comoros are all small countries and arent exactly the best examples of a country.
danil Yeah, but that doesnt correlate to the low corruption and the high HDI, nor security. The strategic position itself is important but not all, it only explains part of the incomes, but not how the country is managed. The Suez channel is placed in Egypt for example and it isnt a good example of a country.
Singapore has a geostrategic position thats all, the same way other countries have massive reserves of natural resources or other advantages but only some are capable of such development
danil Once again a good geographic position doesnt equal good politics, Singapore has a privilged position but more importantly they managed the country wisely. The same way as Uruguay, a small country with no natural resources nor a perfect strategic position but good political decitions
Great video.
Thank you!
Mate, its Mah-lay not melee
Oooops...Thank you :)
maybe I was subconsciously thinking about medieval melee combat :D
yeah and it's mah-ja-pah-hit not mah-ja-pah-he'
✖️Mapajahit
✖️Majahapit
✖️Mapajabit
✔️ Ma-ja-pa-hit
Interestingly enough, you were able to pronounce Malaya correctly.
Epimetheus
Xidnaf made the same mistake, is that a coincidence?
Woah. I didn't know that you will make a video about my country Singapore. Good job! You got everything correct. I also have a Chinese ancestry but my grandmother only came to Singapore in 1955. Some people say that Lee Kuan Yew was like a dictator which is sorta true but he modernized Singapore and improved the economy. Thank you so much for making a video about my country!
Godzillaman The Gamer no natural resources no fertile land no oil no natural gases no massive plot of lands... what do you think we will become if LKY never took control of Singapore with his iron will~ please don’t tell others that you are a Singaporean.. you are a disgrace..
You're kind of the disgraceful one here....
Ok
Godzillaman The Gamer I consider him a benevolent dictator like Tito. In fact he might actually be better.
Singapore used to be a full cultural country, until the chinese and european come
Amazing
Great concise and comprehensive video! But I think you said Malay as melee rather than mah-lay.
Malay is pronounced muh-lay not maylay btw. Pls do a history of maritime SEA / malaysia-indonesia / nusantara :) as you're touching on some important points already.
Would you do a full video about ancient Indonesian history? (From salakanagara to Majapahit).
Oh this would be great, the islands rarely got any attention tho, yet people traverse it since the beginning of time smh
I agree-great idea!
And where do you think he can obtain the relialable resources for such extensive history? Not even indonesian own government has managed that I guess...
That was a Hindu Empire not an Islamic desert cult .....
I cannot understand why muslims think that majapahit empire was Islamic 😂😂
Nice video
Thanks :)
Cool history lesson
1:56 curious what was going on during those 200 years?
Tons of Politics and British Colonialism
Well.. Basically the region was in a political mess which disrupted trade..It started with 3 factions fought for supremacy. Aceh, Malacca and the Portuguese.. The Dutch and the Chinese also took sides in the conflict.. Siam watched cautiously at the sidelines looking to swoop in any spoils..
It was not until the Anglo-Dutch treaty was signed, that stability and trade returned which Singapore benefitted from. But by this time the original 3 factions are themselves depleted and were supplanted by the new colonial powers.
History of Philippines Pls, also nice video
WOW, great, Srivijaya ( FC) !!!!
Brilliant video. Thank you. My Great Grandfather is a Euroasian. And is in a book called On Parade. Published In Singapore. Would you create a video about that?
Briton sees a independent land
Briton :- it's free real estate
This Hindu temple is the very first building that was built in Singapore in 1299. It is a temple dedicated to the lion that the Srivajaya prince found when taking refuge in Singapore. Now the construction of the world's first time machine has allowed this monumental event to be recorded. Behold, Singapore, 1299, colorized: th-cam.com/video/uBbRHkTaRZM/w-d-xo.html
Lee kuan Yew made Singapore rich. Copied in the middle east hahaha. I was in Singapore 1977 and Dubai did not exist yet or was just a fishing village. Very clean, rare criminality, corruption free and jobless free. Singaporean are proud as asean but love going to England for a holiday.
U wanna know why in the comment section most “Singaporean” didn’t know about their history? Because only 13.4% are native and the rest are immigrants.
Majulah Singapura!
Malaysia govt need to learn a lot frm singapore ... Seriously , im malaysian ...
Singapore was a part of Malaysia
love the last part
Can you please expound on information about Seoul, South Korea?
DO HISTORY OF PHILIPPINES NEXT!
Make Nusantara Great Again
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Forget Madagascar and Christmas Island
temasek was under johore old royal house rule. the descendent from melaka before the dethrone of sultan to the new blood of house of bendahara then later changing hand again to the house of temenggung which the curren sultan of johore is. The british play a role in this game of throne & Singapore was always an important part of the old Johor-Riau Empire FYI
Awesome
You forgot to mention Shaheed bhai Maharaj Singh who was the last man standing .of the Sikh empire jailed there..he was 80 when he was tortured and killed in soldiarity confinement
Malaka emerged!!
I am dying x'D it means "asshole" or literally "wanker" in Greek.
thank guy for your information . do more 10 ASEAN of each history.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
nice number of sub you got there
I didn't know that a Hindu made a kingdom there. I would love to know that how a Hindu got there.
Sagar Lakra
if you look on the Java island.. mostly influenced by hinduism.. basically.. the old kingdom SEA is hindu-buddha nation... a maritime nation that became a hub-port between old china and south india maritime trade.. Malay language also derived from sanksrit later evolved by Muslim trader and European voyagers.. Srivijaya itself a hinduism kingdom..
Kushan empire ....
The Brahmin and Ksatriyan run away to SEA that way ancient Indonesian only spoke sansekerta while they can't spoke Prakerta language like SA .
@@asip2274
Srivijaya is Buddhism lol
@Aniq Iman
That Bali, not all Indonesia. Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula were once the majority of Buddhists and Srivijaya was a Buddhist kingdom
@Aniq Iman Bali has its own Hindu kingdom which is different from Srivijaya in Sumatra
Singapore is the Switzerland of Asia
I don't think so. Freedom of speech doesn't exist in Singapore.
Its the israel of asia..
A british aristocrat
Not really
Singapore = israel
@@frentyrizaldy8620 Israel is in Asia
@@certifiedbruh2180 Israel is a terrorist state, it is ina state of war you can never compare it to Singapore, which is surrounded by peaceful countries, who share a common culture. Israel, the last colonial outpost is different it's culture is fi totally different from Arabs.
Correction about Sultan of Johor "selling" Singapura to British. At that time, Singapura n the isles down south of Johor were administered by a Raja Bendahara on behalf of Johor Sultan. Then Johor Sultan died creating power struggle to become the next Sultan. Tunku Bendahara proclaimed himself as Sultan of Johor from Singapura, Sultan Hussein Whereas the Kingdom of Johor got a new Sultan based in Johor itself. Sultan Hussein the unrecognised Sultan signed an agreement with Stamford Raffles believing he got the protection from British Govt should the recognized Sultan fight him. Not knowing the actual Sultan of Johor had struck an agreement n friendship with the U.K kingdom. Thus, Singapura was not sold by the Sultan but by the lost caused pretender.
more about this region pls AKA burmese-siamese war !!
We were initially known as Temasek 🙄
The original name was Pulau Ujong or 'Island at the end.'
Japanese: hippity hoppity this island is now my property
Love and respect Singapore.
Nice Video about my country
it is "aayodhya " named after the kingdom of Hindu god "RAM"
ram lol
Yup
This is actually legendary history from Malay Annals. Historians dont vouch this version. Much is unknown about Singapore, it's modern history begins with Temagi, probably exists a relation with then name Temasek, and then Parmeswara. This version was apparently concocted to glorify Parmeswara.
Please do video about Sentosa
As has been said, Historically, is it true that the land of Singapore still belong to Johor Sultan since 1819, which Raffles had sign treaty with the Sultan?